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28Th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology 2015-2017 ASR Executive Council President: Jason Carlyon, Phd Vice President: J 0 Conference Registration (Lower Atrium) Welcome Reception (Huntley Dining Room) Gala Dinner (Lone Peak Pavilion) 1 Lower Atrium Registration Table ~ Oral Presentation Drop-Off ~ Breaks Jefferson Room Concurrent Scientific Sessions ~ ASR Business Meeting Madison Room Poster Sessions Gallatin Room General Sessions ~ Scientific Sessions Huntley Dining Room All Meals *Sunday Evening’s Gala Dinner will be held in the Lone Peak Pavilion* 2 2016 Schedule-at-a-Glance Saturday, June 11th 3-6:45 p.m. Conference Registration – Lower Atrium 6-8 p.m. Welcome Reception – Huntley Dining Room 7-8 p.m. Invited Historical Lecture – Huntley Dining Room Sunday, June 12th 7:15-8:15 a.m. Breakfast Buffet – Huntley Dining Room Oral presentation drop-off – Lower Atrium 8:15-9 a.m. Howard Ricketts Memorial Lecture – Gallatin Room 9-9:40 a.m. Plenary Presentation – Gallatin Room 9:40-10 a.m. Coffee Break – Lower Atrium Oral presentation drop-off – Lower Atrium Poster Session 1 set-up – Madison Room 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Concurrent Sessions – Scientific Sessions 1: Epidemiology, Ecology, and Emerging Diseases – Gallatin Room 2: Coxiella/Bartonella Pathogenesis – Jefferson Room 12-1:20 p.m. Buffet Luncheon – Huntley Dining Room 1:30-2:45 p.m. Poster Session 1 and Refreshments – Madison Room 3-5 p.m. Scientific Session 3: Host-Pathogen Interactions l – Gallatin Room 5:15-6:15 p.m. ASR Business Meeting and Election of New Officers – Jefferson Room 7-9 p.m. Gala Dinner – Lone Peak Pavilion Monday, June 13th 7-8 a.m. Breakfast Buffet – Huntley Dining Room Oral presentation drop – Lower Atrium Poster Session 2 set-up – Madison Room 8-10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions – Scientific Sessions 4: Vector Biology & Vector-Pathogen Interactions – Gallatin Room 5: Infection, Diagnosis, and Treatment – Jefferson Room 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Poster Session 2 & Refreshments – Madison Room Noon & Beyond Free afternoon to explore! Tuesday, June 14th 7-8 a.m. Breakfast Buffet – Huntley Dining Room Oral presentation drop-off – Lower Atrium 8-10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions – Scientific Sessions 6: Host-Vector Pathogen Interactions ll – Gallatin Room 7: Innate and Adaptive Immunity – Jefferson Room 10-10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break – Lower Atrium Oral presentation drop-off – Lower Atrium 10:30 a.m.- Scientific Session 8: Genetics, “Omics,” New Technologies, and Tools – Gallatin 12 p.m. Room 10-10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break – Lower Atrium Oral presentation drop-off – Lower Atrium 3 4 28th Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology June 11-14, 2016 Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana Oral presentations will be held in the Gallatin and Jefferson Rooms Poster presentations will be held in the Madison Room Funding for this conference was made possible [in part] by R13 AI126727-01 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 5 Saturday, June 11th 3:00 – 6:45 p.m. Conference Registration & Check-In – Lower Atrium 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception – Huntley Dining Room Hors d’oeuvres and two drink tickets per guest provided to be used at the full cash bar 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Invited Historical Lecture – Huntley Dining Room Dr. Jorge Benach – “From Spirochetes to Rickettsia: The Trail-blazing Career of Willy Burgdorfer” Sunday, June 12th 7:15 – 8:15 a.m. Hot Breakfast Buffet – Huntley Dining Room 7:15-8:15 a.m. Oral presentation check-in and drop-off – Registration Desk, Lower Atrium 8:15 – 9:00 a.m. Howard Ricketts Memorial Invited Lecture – Gallatin Room Dr. Erol Fikrig – “I Don’t Believe in Vaccines” 9:00 – 9:40 a.m. Plenary Presentation- Gallatin Room Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa – “How do Ehrlichia Enter and Thrive in Phagocytes?” 9:40 – 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break – Lower Atrium Oral presentation drop-off – Registration Table, Lower Atrium Poster Session 1 set-up – Madison Room 6 10:00 a.m. – Noon Concurrent Sessions – Scientific Session 1: Epidemiology, Ecology, and Emerging 2: Coxiella/Bartonella Pathogenesis Diseases Session Chairs: Jim Samuel and Stacey Gilk Session Chairs: Kevin Macaluso and Andrea Varela-Stokes Gallatin Room Jefferson Room 10:00 a.m. Abstract #1: Unraveling the Biology of Abstract #8: Searching for In vitro and Emerging Rickettsial Pathogens In vivo Phenotypes for Coxiella burnetii Kevin R. Macaluso* Pathogenesis James E. Samuel*, Erin van Schaik, Elizabeth Di Russo Case, Sara Talmage, Mary Weber 10:25 a.m. Abstract #2: Dynamics of Amblyomma Abstract #9: Cholesterol and Loss of the maculatum-associated Rickettsiae at Intracellular Niche Individual Tick and Population Levels Stacey Gilk* Andrea S. Varela-Stokes* 10:45 a.m. Abstract #3: Rediscovery of a Pathogenic Abstract #10: Subversion of Macrophage Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Species Autophagy and Inflammatory Pathways by Associated with the Tick Dermacentor Coxiella burnetii parumapertus in the Western U.S. Caylin G. Winchell*, Joseph G. Graham, Christopher Paddock*, Michelle Allerdice, Richard C. Kurten, Daniel E. Voth Sandor Karpathy, Michael Levin, Alyssa Snellgrove, Jana Ritter, Travis Smith, Tom Becker, Jerome Goddard 11:00 a.m. Abstract #4: Scrub Typhus in Africa Abstract #11: Developmental Alice N. Maina*, Ju Jiang, Katherine C. Transcriptome of Coxiella burnetii Reveals Horton, Jacqueline W. Thiga, Jeremiah a Role for Cell Wall Modification in Laktabai, Thomas Holland, Ammar A. Formation of the Small Cell Variant Ahmed, John Waitumbi, Guillermo Kelsi M. Sandoz*, David L. Popham, Paul A. Pimentel, Wendy P. O’Meara, Allen L. Beare, Daniel E. Sturdevant, Vinod Nair, Richards Robert A. Heinzen 11:15 a.m. Abstract #5: Global Presence of Rickettsia Abstract #12: Striae in Human Skin felis and Rickettsia felis-like Organisms Associated with Bartonella henselae Allen L. Richards*, Alice N. Maina, Heidi K. Infection St. John, Ju Jiang, Christina M. Farris Marna Ericson*, Azar Maluki, Rosalie Greenberg, Erin Dodd, John Williams 11:30 a.m. Abstract #6: Novel Anaplasma Species in Abstract #13: Horizontally Acquired tRNA the Environmentally Threatened Florida and Metabolic Genes Fortify Coxiella Gopher Tortoise burnetii’s Physiology Francy L. Crosby*, Liliet Peltierra, Amy L. Rahul Raghavan*, Abraham S. Moses, Jess A. Weeden, James F.X. Wellehan, Mary B. Millar, Matteo Bonazzi, Paul A. Beare Brown, Anna M. Lundgren, Anthony F. Barbet 7 11:45 a.m. Abstract #7: Rickettsial Infections in Native Abstract #14 The Pangenome and Variome Rodents and Insectivores in Northwestern of Coxiella burnetii Georgia Dimitrios Frangoulidis*, Mathias C. Walter Audrey E. Osterbind*, Bryan N. Ayres, Jamie L. Perniciaro, William L. Nicholson Noon – 1:20 p.m. Buffet Luncheon – Huntley Dining Room 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Madison Room Refreshments and Cash Bar Provided 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Oral presentation drop-off – Registration Desk, Lower Atrium Madison Room Abstract #15: Serology Study of Q-fever in Cattle and Small Ruminants in Georgia E. Mamisashvili*, M. Donduashvili, K. Goginashvili, T. Tigilauri, L. Gelashvili, O. Parkadze, L. Avaliani, L. Ninidze, I. Menteshashvili, M.J. Stuckey, B.B. Chomel Abstract #16: Complete Tick Mitochondrial Genomes from the Ion Torrent PGM Gregory A. Dasch*, Zachary C. Holmes, T. Brian Shirey, Jasmine R. Hensley, Maria L. Zambrano Abstract #17: First Report of Theileria cervi Infection in Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Republic of Korea Kyoung-Seong Choi*, Yu-Jung Han, Joon-Seok Chae, Do-Hyeon Yu, Jinho Park, Bae-Keun Park, Hyeong- Chul Kim Abstract #18: Evaluation of Gulf Coast Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) for Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Species Michelle Allerdice*, Joy Hecht, Sandor Karpathy, Christopher Paddock Abstract #19: Knowledge of Rickettsiosis among First Contact Physicians from a Rural Community in Mexico César Lugo-Caballero*, Karla R. -Rosado, Irving Dzul-Tut,Angel Balam-May, Juan José Arias-León Jorge Zavala-Castro Abstract #20: Clinical Case: Fatal Rickettsiosis in Southern Mexico César Lugo-Caballero*, Karla R. Dzul-Rosado, Georgina Rodríguez-Moreno, Karina López-Avila, Raúl Tello- Martín, Jorge Zavala-Castro Abstract #21: Production and Evaluation of Candidates for the Development of DNA Vaccines against R. rickettsii Karla R. Dzul-Rosado*, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Javier Balam-Romero, Jorge Zavala-Castro Abstract #22: An Ecological Analysis of the Bacterial Microbiome of Dermacentor andersoni in Populations with Differing Vector Competence Cory Gall*, Glen Scoles, Krisztian Magori, Kelly Brayton Abstract #23: Phylogeography of Orientia tsutsugamushi Amy Fleshman*, Crystal M. Hepp, Kristin E. Mullins, Jason Sahl, Daniel Paris, Sabine Dittrich, Paul Newton, Allen L. Richards, Talima R. Pearson 8 Abstract #24: Detection of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks from the Republic of Korea and the Development of Quantitative Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Rickettsia monacensis and Rickettsia sp. LON-13 Ju Jiang*, Jonathan Erber, Allison Dauner, Theron Gilliland Jr, Shuenn-Jue Wu, John Lee, Heung-Chul Kim, Sung-Tae Chong, Won-Jong Jang, Terry Klein, Allen Richards Abstract #25: Proposed Study on the Prevalence of Coxiellosis among Livestock in Western Azerbaijan M.G. Abdullayev* Abstract #26: Outbreak Investigation of Scrub Typhus in Thailand: 15 Year Experience Wuttikon Rodkvamtook*, Darunee Utennam, Narupon Kuttasingkee, Yutthapong Sudsawat, Chusak Molito,
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